> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dr Hugh Nelson > Sent: Friday, 30 June 2006 12:47 PM > > I think we should ENCOURAGE any timely communication from hospitals. > When the shit hits the fan, it will then make them spend the > resources to do it properly as it will be THEIR business problem. > As long as GP's are not receiving any electronic messages > about patient care the business problem remains OURS.
That's my approach. My practice happily accepts unencrypted emails from anybody who wants to send them, because there is no legal risk to us. My practice prefers to receive any clinical information that we can via email rather than by fax or post. If anybody (such as a specialist practice or a hospital) asks us what is our preferred method of communication, we tell them it's Argus, because Argus does the encryption, making life safer for the sender [which includes us, because we send letters via Argus, as well as receiving them] and also because Argus delivers the incoming messages into our clinical inbox, which ordinary email, encrypted or unencrypted, does not do. Oliver Frank, general practitioner 255 North East Road, Hampstead Gardens South Australia 5086 Ph. 08 8261 1355 Fax 08 8266 5149 _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
